Senate leader punishes Mike Delph over tweet

8:49 PM,
Feb. 21, 2014

Sen. Mike Delph

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Senate President Pro Tempore David Long has disciplined Sen. Mike Delph - taking away leadership roles and even moving his seat - for violating Senate protocol when he tweeted about the same-sex marriage amendment.

According to Long's office, Delph used Twitter to report information, garnered from a GOP private caucus, on the fate of Senate action on House Joint Resolution 3.

Long's actions were not in response to Delph's public criticism of Senate leadership over handling of the measure, said communications director Lindsay Jancek ...